I purchased the Fluke 116 a while back off of ebay for a fairly good deal. I haven't had any problems with the meter, but I feel it isn't the right one for digital circuits. Fluke made this meter for HVAC specialists, and I am not planning choosing that as a career path. I was hoping someone could suggest a good meter that can obviously measure VDC, VAC, mVDC, resistance, mA (milli Amps), and uA (micro amps). The Fluke 116 can not measure mA which is my main gripe, and I feel being able to measure mA is a big part in building/troubleshooting digital circuits. Any thoughts?

I looked through about 5 or 6 different low-cost multimeters for one to carry. This has some things I wanted: - Audible continuity test for circuit checking without looking.- Transistor and Diode test - Capacitance measurement- High current (20A) measurement as well as low (20 Ma fullscale)

I looked through about 5 or 6 different low-cost multimeters for one to carry. This has some things I wanted: - Audible continuity test for circuit checking without looking.- Transistor and Diode test - Capacitance measurement- High current (20A) measurement as well as low (20 Ma fullscale)

So, whatever you buy, look for those too...

Wow $7.50 that's a deal

...you want to sell my yours for $10.00 shipped I can paypal you the funds

Sounds good! I'll try to find one like this I can sell for $5. Shipping is the kicker. OK if you're buying other stuff too. But this one (I have a couple personally like this) is lighter than the one I sell, (140 grams compared to 350) so it could go cheap HongKongExpress

What I really want to find is a much more excellent multimeter for maybe $40 or so...

Well $50 shipped seemed like a good deal, so I decided to go with the UT60E multimeter. I chose this one over others because it seemed to have quite a bit of features and the sub $50 multimeters appeared to be missing a stand, which is something I was using a lot with my Fluke. Not to say a simple stand was the deal breaker, but the $50 USD price was hard to argue with especially when their selling for $70 on ebay.

I am a big fan of the cheap imported DMMs sold by Harbor Freight (and others.) They periodically go on sale ("Half Price!") and I picked up my last several for something like $3 each. (The dollar has been declining and the current sale is $5 each. Hmmph.) http://www.harborfreight.com/7-function-digital-multimeter-90899.html

Get two; it's handy to be able to measure current and voltage at the same time.

With a cheap meter like this, you tend to be willing to use it a lot more often. But don't expect great accuracy; shorting the probes hardly ever yields a zero ohm reading, for instance, and the reading you get doesn't look very likely.